Concord, June 11th  1862
My dear Sir;
Your letter of
the 8th inst. inquiring concern-
ing the death of Henry Tho-
reau is just received, and
I hasten to answer it.
A slight notice of the funer-
al was printed in the Bos-
ton Transcript of May 10th
(I think) and the Adver-
tiser of the 9th had a
notice of himself by Mr
Emerson.





A more extended notice con-
sisting of the Eulogy spoken at
his funeral, with additions,
will appear in the Atlan-
tic Monthly for August -
and will be the answer
to many of your inquiries.
His illness was a linger-
ing one - a year and a
half, at least; the last
six months of which he
was able to go out doors
but little.  He endured





it with great patience
and sweetness, preserved
his gaiety and wit to
the last.  I was often with
him, having known him well
for the last seven years.
You have indeed missed
much in not having met
him, for he well supported
the impression left by his
writings.
His mother and sister
who survive him, Mrs Cynthia
and Miss Sophia Thoreau, de-





[ ? ] me to say that they
have remembered your [ grand?] -
ly letters to Mr. Thoreau, and
have desired to send
you some token of their
remembrance.  They therefore
enclose these verses of [Ellen ?]
[Chaunmps' ?] and her Emerson's
Advertiser sketch.
At the funeral, which was in
the church, Mr. Emerson spoke
after the clergyman - [Mr.   ?]
ing's hymn was sung, and
Mr. Alcott read some passages
from the writings of Mr Thoreau.
I hope you may carry out your
purpose of visiting Concord, and shall
be glad to talk with you then on
a subject to dear to both.
Yours truly  F. B. Sanborn